Legal Opinion

Shelton v. Belknap

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1955No. A-5171Published

1Opinion of the Court

282 S.W.2d 682 (1955)

Coyzet SHELTON, Petitioner,

v.

D. R. BELKNAP et al., Respondents.

No. A-5171.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 29, 1955.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1955.

Further Rehearing Denied November 2, 1955.

Eastman & Williams, Houston, Frank M. Rosson, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Morriss, Morriss, Boatwright & Lewis, Carl Wright Johnson and Edward P. Fahey, San Antonio, for respondents.

CALVERT, Justice.

Petitioner, alleging herself to be the surviving wife of M. A. Shelton, deceased, sued respondents for damages for his wrongful death under Article 4671, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Grigsby v. ReibTexas Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. BaileyTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Shelton v. BelknapTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  4. Consolidated Underwriters v. KellyTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  5. Schwingle v. KeiferTexas Supreme Court · 1913

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